Who are you backing in the grand national today?

[golla346]

I never choose the favourite I just look at the list of names and choose a couple that jump out at me. Today I’m going for Spanish Harlem and stellar story.

No , funnily enough I can read .
And I saw there were 34 runners , 16 came home .
As I can do maths as well ,
7 unseated the jockey so disqualified
4 pulled up
7 fallers

I have no wish to watch it .
There's a photo of Get On George who broke his rear fetlock ( shin bone ) the angle of his leg would make you sick .

And I would sooner run round the course naked than put a bet on the race .

Agreed. They do look a mess. Definitely a type that frequent these events 🫣

You'd think but apparently it's the majority of people commenting that need to educate themselves.

Be good when the schoolkids get back to school and stop starting goady threads.

Still not believable 🫣

I forgot to mention fox hunting and beagling. I used to follow the fox hunt on foot and I went beagling, too. All great fun. You’re out in the fresh air getting exercise and you’re part of a local and ancient tradition and community. It really is great.

Until I thought about it.

And now I know even more about what happens to the dogs, too.

I won £45 on I am Maximus 😀🥇💷

@70isaLimitNotaTargetyour back 🤩 no one finger hole cos he only won £1100 booooo…but maybe I could get a two finger hole ✌🏼what ya think?

I haven't seen anyone dressed as a clown, you've obviously paid a lot more attention to them than I have. Just for a moment, take the whole horse racing subject out of it and think of how you are judging people for their body shape and what they choose to wear. You're letting your emotions get in the way. No matter what they're doing, you can't get away with insulting people for how they look. As for their clothes, they can wear whatever they like and I bet you would normally agree with that.

Get up! That’s a nice meal out that 💪🏼

Go for a whole hand , push the boat out

And I think it quite repulsive that you make a ? joke when I said in my post that a horse snapped his fetlock . Obviously the true losers of your Fun Day at the races aren't even on your radar ?

Enjoy your winnings
30 pieces of silver ( it's from the Bible don't try and bust a brain cell working it out )

Differing views, differing experiences.

The stable and training yards around us provide jobs, provide a broader ethnicity in an otherwise white/British environment, help rural communities to thrive, including keeping small schools open & shops with customers.

The training is highly professional, top equipment, specialist support. The horses, close up, are athletic and glow with health.

These communities would not exist without the training yards (or would just become another ‘ghost’ of an area full of mainly empty holiday homes).

Chinese takeaway and a bottle of wine 🍷

Being a hater and then watching the one thing you hate to hate over is some next level sh*t.

No lovey we’re looking for tighter not bigger silly.

Not differing views at all. Just some people are decent empathetic humans who can't abide, let alone be entertained by, cruelty and suffering and others are severely lacking.

But as long as the pony crowd are happy, the discarded animals are out of view and people are making money everything is just ticketyboo isn't it 🙄

@golla346 "I find it so odd that for people that are so against this sport know so much about it. Almost like they tuned in and watched it"

You find it odd that some people actually have intellectual ability? Well that figures. I don't like what's happening in many parts of the world and I don't like to see animals tortured for money and fun. So I acquaint myself with the facts. It enhances the ability for independent thought. Try it.

I know exactly what you mean , I am not dense .
I'm sure there are many many places you can go to .

No, don’t be silly
You’re not allowed to have differing opinions on this subject on mumsnet.

And maybe some of us have empathy for rural communities who would not exist without the training yards.

So yes, differing views.

Their pics have come up on another forum I am on, ....and yes, some of the women look like clowns, overweight, over-made-up, over-indulged, classless clowns.

I can indeed post my opinion, just as you can, and I do agree people can wear whatever they like. However, these women are vying to be seen and commented on, that's one of the reasons they are there, so comment I will.

You don't like my comments.... I don't like that you are more concerned with comments about fat foolish women than horse cruelty.
Such is life.

My youngest son won OP he won 7 pounds. Family tradition for us. We always put around £20. Nothing major. Just a flutter.

That’s just silly why torture yourself? I don’t like the Asian animal markets with animals crammed in cages getting ready to be slaughtered for meat so I don’t go actively looking for them. I know nothing more than that really because I don’t want to know the details. People who cry about horse racing then go searching for the results are just strange people that like winding themselves up into a frenzy and then coming here with the moral high ground while probably being meet eaters and having a season pass to a zoo.

No, next level shit is starting a goading thread, then coming back to goad some more, all at the expense of animal cruelty....which is why I will now be leaving you to it.

They make documentary’s about people like you.
And it wasn’t a goady thread but yous made it turn out like this because you lack capacity to scroll on by 🤔